Marcy Dermansky

Occupy Wall Street Fiction at Salon

October 24th, 2011

Marcy’s short story “Whole Foods Was Around the Corner,” inspired by the Occupy Wall Street Movement, is now online at Salon.com. Marcy is also one of the signatories of occupywriters.org.

Marcy is one of Powell’s “Writers to Watch”

September 21st, 2011

Powell’s Books, the beloved independent bookstore in Portland, Oregon, features Marcy as one of its “Writers to Watch,” along with Joshua Mohr, Sam Lipsyte, and Karen Russell. You can save 30% off the cover price when you order Bad Marie from Powell’s.

Bad Marie eBook Sale

August 7th, 2011

Bad Marie is part of HarperPerennial’s “20 books for $20” sale — for the month of August, you can pick up the eBook version in all the popular formats (Kindle, Nook, iBooks, and Google ebooks) for only 99 cents! At the same time, the print version is available from Amazon for $5.60. You can also get this amazing deal from a number of great independent bookstores.

“Waiting for Big Bird” at Fictionaut

August 7th, 2011

You can now read Marcy’s new short story “Waiting for Big Bird,” from the anthology Forgotten Borough, on Fictionaut.

Rave Review From Los Angeles Review of Books

August 6th, 2011

“Marcy Dermansky’s work recalls that of Alain Robbe-Grillet, pioneer of the French nouveau roman, as well as that of the Brazilian writer Clarice Lispector, with a soupçon of the films of Jean-Luc Godard thrown in,” writes Shelley Salamensky, reviewing Bad Marie for the Los Angeles Review of Books.

On the Lit Mat: The Magazine of Yoga Interviews Marcy

April 26th, 2011

Corinna Barsan of The Magazine of Yoga interviewed Marcy for the “On the Lit Mat” column.

Who or what was your greatest influence in picking up the pen?

I wrote my first short story in elementary school. It was twenty handwritten pages about an African elephant in an American zoo who misses the other elephants. I have always wanted to be a writer.

Read the interview.

“Waiting for Big Bird” in Forgotten Borough

March 14th, 2011

Marcy has a brand-new story set in Astoria, Queens in the anthology Forgotten Borough: Writers Come to Terms with Queens, edited by Nicole Steinberg, along with work by Arthur Nersesian, Ron Hogan, Susan Y. Chi, and Julia Alvarez. You can order Forgotten Borough from Amazon or Indiebound.

Fiction Just Got Fun Again: More Bad Marie Reviews

March 14th, 2011

Another round-up of recent reviews:

“Fiction just got fun again. This is an international whirlwind of a story that should land in the annals of cult classics.” –Duluth News Tribune

“Here is a book that is both literary and plot driven, humorous and heartbreaking… a book you will not want to miss.” –Myfanwy Collins

“A very, very good novel that stars one of the most unforgettable, likable bad characters in American literature since Patrick Bateman.” — James Boice

“Tantalizing… pleasurably dark.” –The Millions

“Quite possibly the single most moving book I’ve read yet this year, and a genuine love story.” –Guerilla Geek

Bad Marie in the 2011 Tournament of Books

February 9th, 2011

Bad Marie was selected by The Morning News as one of the sixteen books competing in the 2011 Tournament of Books, along with Jonathan Franzen’s Freedom, Jennifer Egan’s A Visit from the Goon Squad, and Emma Donoghue’s Room. The seventh annual tournament begins on Monday, March 7.

The Morning News has the complete list of contenders.

Update: The results are in — judge Jennifer Weiner picked Emma Donoghue’s Room over Bad Marie. In the official commentary, John Warner says, “I couldn’t put Bad Marie down. It was the most fun I had reading all year.” Jen and the Pen provides an alternate outcome.

Resolutions and Inspiration

February 9th, 2011

Marcy shared her New Year’s resolution with the L.A. Times’ Jacket Copy and talked to the 30th Avenue blog about babysitter jokes, inspiration, and her favorite Astoria cafes.

Keeping Up with the Bloggers

February 9th, 2011

A new year, and lots of lists and new reviews praising Bad Marie, including one TV appearance and love for Marcy’s first novel, Twins:

“Maybe my favorite book published new this year.” — bookreviewsbycurtbusch

Jewcy Top 10 Fiction Books Of 2010 — Jewcy

“One of the best five books of the year — impossible to put down once you start.” — The Staff Recommends

“Best Single-Sitting Guilty Pleasure Read.” — The Book Lady’s Blog

One of the “Top Five Overlooked Fiction Titles of 2010″ — NY1

One of the “Best 9 Books of 2010″ — Minnesota Reads

“Read this in two breathless sittings. Dermansky channels the cool brilliance of Patricia Highsmith.” — This Machine Kills Purists

“A delightful roller coaster of an adventure novel for literature lovers.” — nomadreader

“There is a reason people are RAVING about this book.” — Book Magic

“What an utterly compelling, sexy, darkly humorous and totally dysfunctional little novel this is!” — Des Greene, Novel Suggestions

“Marie’s simple spontaneity is a poor way to live, but a fine way to carry a novel.” — Hungry Like a Woolf

And, on Twins: “when the book finally drew to a close I turned into a blubbering mess.” — Jodi Chromey

Bad Marie Makes the 2011 Tournament of Books Long List

December 19th, 2010

Every March, sixteen books compete in The Morning News’ Tournament of Books. The long list for the 2011 Tournament has just been announced — and Bad Marie is on it.